NSW Rural Fire Service

Milton Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade

2017-2018 Fire Season

STOP PRESS: In February this year NSW
had its first declared Catastrophic fire danger day. Despite some of the worst
fire conditions ever recorded in NSW, firefighters and the community saved
80 homes and 125 outbuildings. Milton Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade was given
several roles including protecting assets at Cassilis. Cassilis was saved.
Read about it at
Sir Ivan Fire - Volunteer Stories.

Permits to light a fire in the open are required from 1 September 2017
until 31 March 2018.
See:
Community Information, for more information, including exceptions.
The end date
may change depending on weather and conditions. Recent rains can
significantly reduce the risk of bush fires - however, fast moving fires
may still occur on dry and windy days, and residents are encouraged to
maintain their vigilance and caution.

The NSW RFS makes decisions, including the start and end dates of
local fire seasons, based on a wide ranging variety of research into factors
including temperature and rainfall trends. One such item of research is the
(Southern Australian
Seasonal Bush Fire Outlook 2016). Find the download link, under the
map shown on the site.

Milton Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade

Milton Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade is a New South Wales Rural Fire Service
(NSW RFS)
brigade located on the Australian East coast, almost due East of
Canberra.

All members of the brigade are volunteers and train regularly to fight
bush fires, grass fires, building and vehicle fires, supporting other
agencies during emergencies, as well as attending motor vehicle
accidents. We are also increasingly engaging with our local residents and
community as community engagement is the key to a better informed and safer
community.

We respond to a varying number of incidents per year in the
brigade area, from North of Milton to the
Burrill Lake region and inland. Milton Brigade also sends crews and units
to incidents within the Shoalhaven district, wider New South Wales
and sometimes interstate.

New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS)

The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) is the lead combat agency for bush
fires in NSW and is widely acknowledged as the largest volunteer fire
service in the world. The NSW RFS provides many useful on line resources
including:

Support

We do not just fight bush fires. Since 1 April this year (the start of the
current fire season), incidents attended include:

2 motor vehicle accidents (MVAs)

1 vehicle fire

1 structure fire

1 forest fire

12 grass fires

1 small vegetation fires

2 refuse fires

1 hazard reduction burn

4 automated fire alarm responses

We are an active
training brigade.
Our members are a diverse group including students,
farmers, tradespeople, employees in local industry and some retirees.
We always welcome new members and supporters.